>From www.castlegardens.org WILLIAM BOYD Age: 10 Ship: Standard Arrived: 16 Jul 1850 Country: Great Britain Port of Departure: Belfast Country of Origin: Great Britain JANE BOYD Age: 20 Ship: Standard Arrived: 16 Jul 1850 Country: Great Britain Port of Departure: Belfast Country of Origin: Great Britain However as Rebecca mentioned the ship's manifest in her post, I suspect this is information she already has. This is merely an extract as posted to the CG website. There may be original records that state a bit more. Keep in mind that it would not be unusual for someone living in Scotland to arrive in the USA on a ship out of Belfast. Yet another possibility. Yours Aye, Lauren On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > Rebecca > > You will need to find as much information as you can in the USA before you > go to Ireland - north or south. > > So what other information does the shipping record of 1850 tell you? > > 2)    In 1850, was it through Ellis Island they at they came?  If so what > records does that give on William Joseph Boyd and Jane Boyd? > > 3)    Have you found their naturalisation records? > > 4)    Did you find where he was living in the 1860 Census? > > 5)    Do you know where they "settled" in America after they arrived? > > 6)    You said that he was with the "Ohio 6th Regiment in the Civil War" & > that you found 2 William J Boyd listed.  So have you been able to get both > their records to see if one is born in Ireland?  Hopefully this may tell > WHERE in Ireland he was born - at least the County.  (Do you know where to > find these records.) > > I am sure that other list members will have other questions about what > resarch you have done, so far. > > You could have a situation, where his parents had already come to the USA or > perhaps they may have died in Ireland and he and Jane were coming to the USA > to live with relatives - uncle, aunt or cousins? > > And if he has shipped out from Belfast, there are several Counties that he > may have come from - Antrim, Down, Armagh, eastern Tyrone or even eastern > Londonderry, just to name the most likely Counties. > > Hopefully this will help > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rebecca Boyd" <rebecca@wisemare.com> > To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 3:02 AM > Subject: [BOYD] Brick Wall: William Joseph Boyd b. ~1840 > > > I am looking for the parents of William Joseph Boyd, who arrived in New York > on a ship from Belfast in 1850. He was approximately 10 years old. The only > other Boyd on the ship with him was Jane, age 20. I don't know if they were > siblings, cousins, aunt/nephew, or what. Unless the ages on the ship's > manifest are wrong, she's not his mother. > > Family lore holds that William was a soldier in the Ohio 6th Regiment in the > Civil War, and there are indeed two William J. Boyd's in that regiment. > However, this doesn't get me any closer to knowing who his parents were. > > The US and International records available through Ancestry.com have proved > useless on this particular problem. I suspect I need to be looking at Church > records in Northern Ireland. How does one do that, without going to Northern > Ireland? 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